dispute English · revision 6228

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1225|origins=la puto}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪˈspjuːt/, /ˈdɪ.spjuːt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈdɪ.spjut/, /dɪˈspjut/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English desputen, disputen, [[bor|fro|desputer]] and directly [[m|la|disputo|alt=disputāre|t=to examine, discuss, argue]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|dis-|t=apart]] and [[m|la|puto|alt=putāre|t=to count, consider]], originally to prune or clear up.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) The Latin verb meant to estimate or investigate and took on the sense of arguing in Late Latin.^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To contend with arguments, to debate: before 1225 in the OED,^(OED 1989) about 1300 in Barnhart and Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To argue against something, to question its truth, is from 1340, and to contest for a prize from the 16th century.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) The noun, argumentative contention, is from about 1300 but rare before about 1600;^(Etymonline) Barnhart dates it from 1594 as a logical argument and 1611 as a controversy.^(Barnhart 1988) A quarrel or strife is from the 1610s,^(Etymonline) and today especially a disagreement between workers and employers.^(Collins 2023) In Scots dispute meant to refuse or object.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1225 – to debate.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1340 – to argue against.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1594 – the noun, a logical argument.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1610s – a quarrel.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To argue or debate about something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To question the truth or [[validity]] of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To fight for or contest: ''dispute every inch of ground''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A disagreement or [[argument]], especially an official one: ''a pay dispute''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A [[debate]] or controversy.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disputer]]

+ * [[disputable]]

+ * [[disputably]]

+ * [[disputeless]]

+ * [[predispute]]

+ * [[redispute]]

+ * [[undisputing]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disputant]]

+ * [[disputation]]

+ * [[disputatious]]

+ * [[indisputable]]

+ * [[compute]]

+ * [[count]]

+ * [[putative]]

+ * [[amputate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}